Now that we've got your attention, let us
tell you how to instantly make your facility more profitable. If your current facility was
built in 1987 or later, you can substantially improve your bottom line through a huge (and
legal!) reduction in your state and federal tax burden. This is accomplished through a
process known as cost segregation and accelerated depreciation. Most bean-counters don't
know how to utilize your depreciation to its full potential. We've worked with an
accounting firm on our own facilities and they've consistently produced tremendous
results, saving us many times their fee. For more information, please call our office

We've Got To Stop
Meeting Like This!

A recent story in The Wall Street
Journal examined how men and women managers act differently in corporate meetings. Here's
a quick look at some of their characteristics:

Men

Fall asleep in meeting for more often
than women.

Won't ask questions in meetings that
make them look uninformed.

Take up a lot more room at the
conference table, "spreading out papers, stretching or leaning back, and swiveling
around in their chairs."

Talk more at meetings.

Are more comfortable "making
things up" rather than admitting they don't know something.

Women

Are not afraid to ask
questions-although they still tend to "raise their hand" when doing so.

Tend to be "earnest
perfectionists-eager to show they have done all their homework by explaining every
point."

Are quick to admit their mistakes.

Will sit still at meeting until there
is a break.

Are able to say, "I'm not sure
about that" if they're not, rather than trying to bluff their way through it.

Be True To
Yourself

People are often unreasonable,
illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway.

If your a kind, people may accuse
you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win
some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people
may cheat you; Be honest and frakn anyway.

What you spend years building,
someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway.

What you spend years building,
someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness,
they may be jealous; Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will
often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have,
and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you've got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it
is between you and your conscience; It never was between you and them anyway.

--Source unknown

What A Mess!

The photo above doesn't do justice
to the amount of work required on 20-year old concrete roof decking at the Samaritan
Medical Center. The concrete was to be installed to within normal flooring tolerances to
facilitate the future addition. After removing the roofing materials, we discovered the
worst concrete finishing job we've ever seen. The contractor didn't even take the time to
remove ¾" deep footprints from the concrete! Some large areas had to be removed
completely. The SMC Construction crew took a month, using several grinders, to correct the
situation. Progress was slow since we were working over occupied areas and had to keep
noise and dust down. It was a costly and time-consuming process-proving once again that
the lowest bidder is not always your best option!

There
Really Was A Murphy

The original language of Murphy's
Law said that, "If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways
can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it.
It originated with Edward A. Murphy, Jr., an aerospace engineer working on a rocketsled
project for the U.S. Air Force in 1949. An experiment to test human tolerance to
acceleration mounted 16 sensors to a test subject. There were two ways each sensor could
be glued to the mount, and someone methodically installed all 16 the wrong way.
The Experiment was a failure, and Murphy's comment about the mishap was repeated at a
press conference. From there it spread in engineering circles and then to general use.

Slow Down

"The quality of
our decision-making is deteriorating across the board. Not because the people in charge
are stupid. But because they're all running too fast, making too many decisions, too fast,
about too many things they know too little about."

-Alvin Toffler

Net Search Tip

When you're doing an Internet
search, put quote marks around phrases such as "Cabot Cove." By doing so, the
search engine will find only that exact phrase. Without the quotes, it will flag the two
words even if they appear separately.

Tune In Next Time
For...

When writing a sales letter that
goes beyond a single page, be sure to use the cliffhanger approach as seen in serials arid
soaps. Always end page one in mid-sentence--rather than cleanly at the end of a sentence
or paragraph. This entices the reader to move on to the next page and to the remainder of
your message (and perhaps be exposed to key information typically included in a postscript
(P.S.)--the section of a letter with the second highest readership).

--Power-Packed Direct
Mail by Rober w. Bly

Don't Show Me The
Money!

Contrary to popular belief, money
does not motivate employees best. In a survey by Challenger Outplacement Council,
appreciation scored highest, followed by independence and a chance to contribute. Salary
came in fourth.